The HP Cable Table
for HP 38G, 48S/SX/G/GX,
49G, and HP palmtops only

by Joseph K. Horn
HP Part
Number		 Connects Big
Connector		 Small
Connector		 10-pin
Keying*		 Ferrite
Bead**		 Made in Comments
Cable
F1015-80002
PC to palmtop
(not 95LX)
DB9
female
plug
10-pin
palmtop
female
plug
WIDE
(palmtop)
YES
Taiwan
& China
(on
bead)
Although this fits
the HP49G, it fries
it! Don’t use it
with the HP49G!!!
Cable
F1016-80002
Mac to palmtop
(not 95LX)
Apple serial connector
(8-pin mini-DIN
male round socket)
10-pin
palmtop
female
plug
WIDE
(palmtop)
YES
Taiwan
(on
bead)
Although this fits
the HP49G, it fries
it! Don’t use it
with the HP49G!!!
Adaptor
5181-6643
PC/palmtop
cable to HP48
10-pin
palmtop
male
socket
4-pin
female
plug
WIDE
(palmtop)
-
Taiwan
& China
Intended for use
with F1015-80002
and F1016-80002
cables (see above)
Cable
82208-80001
PC to HP48
and 95LX
DB9
female
plug
4-pin
female
plug
-
NO
USA
(on DB9)
The original
HP48 & 95LX
cable
Adaptor
F1633-66001
PC/49G cable
to HP48
HP49G
10-pin
male
socket
4-pin
female
plug
small
(HP49G)
-
China
1:Included with
every HP49G.
2:HP logo is
upside down.
Cable
F1633-66000
or
F1633-66050
Two HP49G’s
HP49G 10-pin
female plug
on both ends
small
(HP49G)
NO
China
(on cable)
1:Included with
every HP49G.
2:HP logo is
upside down.
Adaptor
F1906-66000
Above cable
to PC
DB9
female
plug
HP38/49G
10-pin
male
socket
small
(HP49G)
-
China
(on cable)
Included with
some HP49G’s.
Cable
F1897-66000
PC to HP49G
or HP38
DB9
female
plug
HP38/49G
10-pin
female
plug
NONE
NO
China
(on DB9)
Included with HP’s
PC Connectivity Kit
HP P/N F1897A
Cable
82208-80009
PC to HP48
and 95LX
DB9
female
plug
4-pin
female
plug
-
YES
USA
(on DB9)
Same as 82208-80001
with ferrite bead added.
Adaptor
1252-6635
PC/48 cable
to HP38 or 49G
HP38/49G
10-pin
female
plug
4-pin
male
socket
NONE
-
China
1:Intended for use with
HP38, but it works
with HP49G too.
2:Same as CONNE-80003.
Adaptor
CONNE-80003
PC/48 cable
to HP38 or 49G
HP38/49G
10-pin
female
plug
4-pin
male
socket
NONE
-
Taiwan
1:Intended for use with
HP38, but it works
with HP49G too.
2:Same as 1252-6635.
Cable
8120-6736
PC to HP48
and 95LX
DB9
female
plug
4-pin
male
socket
-
YES
China
(on bead
and DB9)
Chinese version of
82208-80009
Y-Adaptor
F1212-80001
HP38G to
video &
datalogger
HP38G
10-pin
female
plug
1:10-pin wired for video only;
2:4-pin wired for communication
?
-
Taiwan
(?)
A rare bird

* “Keying” refers to the “bump” or “groove” that is intended to prevent the wrong plug from fitting into the wrong socket. There are currently three different 10-pin keyings: “NONE” (no bump or groove at all), “small” (tiny groove at the top of the HP49G serial port, or the same-sized bump on corresponding plugs), and “WIDE” (a wider bump or groove, intended for palmtop use only).

** “Ferrite bead”: the strange black lump in some cables, near the calculator end. Its only purpose is to reduce the amount of radio frequency noise emitted by the cable. If RF noise is not a problem for you, but the lump annoys you, it can be easily removed by simply crushing it with a pair of pliers. It is not electrically attached to the cable at all (it merely surrounds it) so removing it is no problem.

If you have any HP cables or adaptors not listed here, please let me know!  Thanks to Richard Nelson, Ralf Fritzsch, Raymond Hellstern, Cary McCallister, Glen Kilpatrick, Kurt Vercauteren, and Robert Atkinson for submitting additional information.